Broome Community College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Associate's — Public Rural-serving Large

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Associate's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Broome Community College Academics

The history of Broome Community College begins in 1946 when what would become Broome Community College was chartered as the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Binghamton. After undergoing name changes again in 1953, 1956, and 1957, the name Broome Community College finally stuck in 1971. Broome Community College is a two-year college, and is part of the largest comprehensive system of its nature in the world, the State University of New York, or SUNY, system of public institutions.

While under the wing of SUNY, Broome Community College is sponsored by the County of Broome, and is a member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. All Broome Community College curriculums are registered by the State Education Department. Individual programs are accredited by a variety of sources when necessary, including but not limited to, the Commission on Higher Education, the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, and the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education.

Broome Community College strives to set itself apart from other community colleges with its access to excellent faculty and state-of-the-art technology. Campus services include information technology services, a learning assistance center, and the library and learning resources center featuring Wi-Fi access, multiple computer and reference labs, extensive media services, and even iPods available for student loan. Studies are flexible, and students may choose from full-time, part-time, day, evening, weekend, and online courses. Broome Community College offers 31 associate in arts, associate in science, and associate in applied science degree-granting programs in the areas of Liberal Arts, Business & Public Services, Health Sciences and Science, Technologies, Engineering and Math.

In addition to associate’s degrees, Broome Community College offers diploma programs in 18 fields, short-term certificate programs in four fields, two-year university parallel programs like the Excelsior College Transfer Program, career-oriented programs, service learning programs and non-credit continuing education programs. The most popular and competitive departments at Broome Community College are Health Sciences, featuring modern laboratory and medical facility the Decker Health Science Center complete with fully-equipped simulation rooms, and in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, featuring some of the most academically intense courses available on campus.

The Broome Community College campus is located just minutes from downtown Binghamton, New York, one hour from Syracuse, and several hours from the State Capitol of Albany. Ithaca New York, home of Ithaca College and Cornell University is only about 45 miles away, while New York City and Philadelphia are each about 200 miles from campus. While tucked into the historic Susquehanna River valley on the over 200-acre campus, it’s easy to forget that all these urban hotspots are so close by.

Broome Community College Admissions

Students are invited to apply to Broome Community College online, or by requesting an application. Students may apply for either the fall semester which begins in August, or the spring semester which begins in January. Both in-state and out-of-state students are excepted, however out-of-state students will (generally) pay higher tuition prices. Broome Community College provides open admission to qualified candidates, with “special admissions” applying to some students. Early admission applicants seeking to take college level courses while still enrolled in high school constitute special admissions, as do international admission students, home schooled students, readmission students, ex-offenders, and students without a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma.

Anyone wishing to apply to one of the Health Science Programs at Broome Community College will undergo a competitive admissions process. These programs begin in the fall semester only, with the exception of the Nursing: Evening/Weekender programs.

Broome Community College requires that all matriculated students take ACCUPLACER tests in the areas of math, English, and reading. The results are used by academic advisors to select a student’s courses. All full- and part-time students must complete the test unless they have recently taken the exam, have transferred in applicable credits, or the requirement has been waived by the Admissions Office.

Some students may qualify for the Educational Opportunity Program, which is designed to assist students who might not normally be accepted to Broome Community College, and are in need of extra academic support as well as financial aid.

Broome Community College Financial Aid

A wealth of options are available to students seeking financial aid at Broome Community College. The campus Financial Aid Office will automatically send information to any student who requests financial assistance upon applying for admission. Financial aid is available to any student entering a degree or certificate program that is taking at least one class. There are three main types of financial aid at Broome Community College which may be combined into a “financial aid package,” grants, loans, and part-time “work-study” employment. In order to begin the process of seeking out financial aid all students must fill out the federal FAFSA application, which can be done online, and the New York State TAP or APTs applications. New York State programs are administered through the Higher Education Services Corporation.

Scholarships are another great option with more than $500,000 distributed over 800 financial awards given to Broome Community College students annually. The best time to apply for $200, $500, $1,000 and $2,500+ scholarships is during the Spring Scholarship Season. Freshmen, continuing students and graduating seniors are eligible. Transferring graduates may apply for the Baccalaureate, Frank Paul Lockheed Martin and DAR scholarships to assist with tuition at their 4-year college. Broome Community College recommends that students research BBC Foundation Scholarships like the Presidential Honors Scholarship, the FinAid website, and BBC private agency scholarships.

Broome Community College Students

With close to 9,000 students at Broome Community College and over 50 clubs and organizations, students are sure to find a niche while on campus. During the campus “Common Hour” students enjoy lectures, concerns, and films. After class there are intramural sports teams, free access to open gym time, free ice skating, performances and plays at the Little Theater, and exciting organizations like the Chess Club, Fine Art & Design Club, the Ski Extreme Club and the Paintball Club to keep students busy.

While Broome Community College does provide access to a database of off-campus student housing, it maintains no responsibility for screening or approving of listings. Students get to campus by walking, driving, or using Broome County Transit public bus systems.

Students at Broome Community College take advantage of the many local attractions in and around the Binghamton area. For a taste of the great outdoors some head for a hike or just to spend an afternoon in Greenwood Park, Confluence Park, or the Cutler Botanic Garden. While in town, they enjoy the many movie theaters, museums like the Roberson Museum and Science Center, Phelps Mansion Museum, and Bundy Arts and Victorian Museum, and cultural attractions like the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, Blues on the Bridge, First Fridays-Washington Street’s monthly gallery, music, theater and dining festival, the Otsiningo Powwow, and the Rod Serling Video Festival. Sports fans enjoy the Binghamton Mets Baseball Team, and the Binghamton Senators Hockey Club when not cheering on their College Hornets teams.

For an evening out on the town, students at Broome Community College enjoy the many restaurants, diners and pubs in and around the greater Binghamton area. For a selection of college-student friendly bars and pubs, students head to State Street on the weekends, or to hotspots like the Belmar on Main Street or the Pine Lounge. Many local bars feature starving-student friendly specials like 10-cent wing nights, and $0.75 “mug night” beers.

Broome Community College Athletics

The Broome Community College Hornets participate in athletics as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association, and the subdivision of NJCAA Region III. Campus athletic facilities include gymnasiums, a weight room, a health and fitness center, a baseball field, a soccer and lacrosse complex, an ice rink, and tennis courts.

Men’s varsity teams compete in basketball, baseball, cross-country, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer and tennis. Women’s varsity teams compete in basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, volleyball and tennis. A variety of intramural sports and activities are also available to students.

Broome Community College athletics are famous for long-time coach Dick Baldwin who holds the record for victories by a college coach, with 879. In recent years the women’s soccer team but Broome Community College on the map by winning the NCJAA Division II National Title in 2007, and again in 2008.